Women’s Invitational Limited Over Navy SC Ladies, Air Force SC Ladies on top

By M. Shamil Amit

The completion of the league segment of the Women’s Invitational Limited Over tournament saw two teams from the forces, Navy SC Ladies and Air Force SC Ladies, come out on top of the two groups.

Navy SC Ladies ended the league assignments of Group ‘A’ with five wins from six matches, and they pipped Chilaw Marians CC Ladies, who also ended with five wins on a better run rate, and in third place was Colts CC Ladies with four wins.

Air Force SC Ladies topped Group ‘B’ with six wins from seven matches, followed by Army SC Ladies with five wins and Panadura SC Ladies with four wins.

Results

At Braybrooke Place - Navy SC Ladies SC won by two wickets on D/L

Navy SC Ladies 130/8 in 50 overs (Nilakshana Sandamini 25, Hasini Perera 22, Rashmi Silva 15; Nimasha Madushani 3/12, Achini Kulasooriya 3/26)
Army SC Ladies 117/8 in 43.2 overs (Anushika Sanjeewani 32, Nethmi Senaratne 24; Udeshika Prabodani 2/8)

At BRC - Air Force SC Ladies won by 24 runs 

Air Force SC Ladies 109 in 43 overs (Sanduni Abeywickrama 30, Malsha Shehani 20, Dilani Manodara 17; Sachini Nisansala 3/16, Dewmi Vihanga 3/28, Kavisha Dilhari 2/14, Sanduni Nisansala 2/21)
Chilaw Marians CC Ladies 85 in 34 overs (Dewmi Vihanga 31; Tharuka Shehani 5/16, Inoshi Fernando 2/8, Tharushi Thathsarani 2/9)

At NCC - Colts CC Ladies won by 93 runs 

Colts CC Ladies 217/8 in 50 overs (Udayangani de Silva 68, Shakya Mendis 29, Dulanga Dissanayake 23, Hasara Wijeratne 21; Nishanthi Padmachandra 2/26, Isiri Umayangana 2/34)
NCC Ladies 124 in 46.4 overs (Darshini Dharmasiri 44, Harshani Wijeratne 25; Dulanga Dissanayake 4/23, Nethmi Sanjana 3/19, Chamari Lakshani 2/27)

At SSC - Panadura SC Ladies won by 101 runs 

Panadura SC Ladies 215 in 45.4 overs (Amadhi Wijesinghe 50, Rashmika Sewwandi 42, Savindi Cooray 33, Chethana Vimukthi 15; Rangika Fernando 4/39, Aseni Prasansa 2/16)
Sinhalese SS Ladies 114 in 35.4 overs (Hasini Himaya 39; Chethana Vimukthi 6/22)